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Subject: Re: New Chess computer

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 23:55:43 04/16/03

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On April 17, 2003 at 00:26:47, andrew tanner wrote:

>On April 16, 2003 at 21:52:31, Midchael Ritter wrote:
>
>>I'm getting back into playing chess after 20 years. I had a Fidelity Sensory 12
>>machine that worked fine. When I unpacked it it did not work.
>>Can anyone tell me which game to buy in the 100 to 200 dollar range. What about
>>the Grand Master 747k? Help in aiding me to purchase the right one the first
>>time would be very helpfull.
>>
>>Thank's
>>Mike
> Go to toysrus.com which takes you to amazon.com and do a search for chess. You
>will see the kasparov computer chessboard by saitek? for an amazingly low price
>of $20.0 I think it has a rating of around 2400..not bad for the price.. If you
>look anywhere else for this very same unit it costs upwards of $55.0 US


I have one of those Kasparov GK-2000 made by Saitek and it is NOT even close to
1900 Elo in Strength. You can also see how the SSDF rated itas 1896.

 135 Kasparov GK-2000   H8 10 MHz            1896   29   -29   593   42%  1952
 136 Psion Atari  68000 8 MHz                1882   18   -18  1487   44%  1928
 137 CXG Sphinx Galaxy  6502 4 MHz           1880   17   -17  1710   37%  1974
 138 Novag Ruby H8  10 MHz                   1879   30   -30   545   42%  1934
 139 Fidelity Excel Mach IIa  68000 12 MHz   1878   46   -47   226   47%  1898
 140 Saitek Turboking II  6502 5 MHz         1868   23   -23   963   37%  1964



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