Author: steven blincoe
Date: 15:23:26 05/16/03
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Hi Trevor i dont own a Star Diamond but i do own the GM the GM is a pure joy to sit down in front of and play with the vinyl green amd white buff squares and the full sized tournament board it captures the feel of real tournament play in my opinion it is about 1850 ELO (2000 USCF)although the company does claim it to be rated higher full information display ,and heavy plastic pieces(the same kind used in tournaments)make the street price of about $170 hard to beat small drawbacks: 1)you cannot silence the various beeping noises made with every move or option key press 2)to play black you must turn the board around(there is no option to play black from bottom) significant drawback: while the computer does have a large built-in opening book,the computer will respond with a very limited opening book on its own in order to get more varied opening play ,the user needs to force the computer to play a different opening(either by entering manual mode,or taking back the computers moves until you get a different opening) all in all the GM is very hard to beat at that price! Regards Steve
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