Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 23:49:20 05/29/02
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On May 30, 2002 at 00:04:09, Terry Ripple wrote: >I just acquired this beauty. The board has one and one-eighth squares and has a- >RISC Style Processor running at 26,6 Mhz clock speed. >They claim a 2294 estamated ELO(USA), but i feel it's more closer to the 2100's! > >Any information about this product is greatly appreciated. > >Best Regards, > Terry This chess engine( as far I know was found) in at least three different products. It's 32K program (WChess) was written by Dave Kittinger. It earned it's "2294" UCSF rating in USCF rated games. Backed in 1994, WChess running on a PC gained nortoriety in the "Harvard Cup" by beating 2 Grandmasters in the same tournament - very unusual for its day. Wchess was also mass marketed under the name Power Chess/Power Chess 98 - the GUI was poorly written and the program faded quickly out of existence. Other products tha have the exact same engine and hardware: Novag Amber Emerald Classic Plus They are/were all the same (cosmetically they may be different) and and that's why all 3 products were able to advertise the same USCF 2294 rating. here's a brief bio of Dave Kittinger: http://www.rebel.nl/authors.htm Dave is uncommon as a chess programmer in that he actually is a master level chess player.
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