Author: eric guttenberg
Date: 21:11:11 08/07/02
I recently bought the Saitek Cosmic LCD-style chess computer. I was impressed with it right away. It is a sleek, handsome little machine with a very easy to see display, a wide range of features and options and appeared to play a strong game. Except... I was not too surprised when it could not do the KBN v K mate. But then I discovered it could not mate a lone King with King and 2 Bishops ...or with King and Rook...or with King and Queen. It certainly plays the middlegame well but if you get into the endgame you will find a lot of positions where you can play for and get a draw even when when the position should be dead lost. For as much as I liked this guy at first, it is just a little depressing to see him cluelessly shifting his king back and forth in queen-up position. He will push the pawn in a K+P vs K very efficiently but while he gets the Queen all I have to do is move my King away from the side of the board and -voila- Cosmic turns into Mortimer Snerd. eric
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