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Subject: Re: I have a STAR DIAMOND question.

Author: William Kerr

Date: 14:38:39 11/24/03

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On November 24, 2003 at 15:12:24, J. C. Boco wrote:

>What a beautiful machine.  I just got it today and have already started to fool
>around with it.
>
>My question is about the rating system build into this computer.
>
>Whenever I resign a game to be rated, my rating goes up.
>Whenever I allow myself to be checkmated, my rating goes up.
>
>I lost 10 quick games, and my rating went from 1400 to about 1920.
>
>When I am checkmated, I push the keys *2'nd option* then *rating* then *pawn* to
>enter the result, and the rating goes up.
>
>When I resign, I push the keys *2'nd option* then *rating* then *bishop* to
>resign the game and have it rated, and the rating goes up.
>
>Does anyone's star diamond malfunction in this way?  Does yours work correctly?
>
>I'm playing 40moves in 10 minutes, but allow myself to be mated or I resign
>after the computer leaves its opening book.

I have a Star Diamond but I never used the rating function. However if I got
points for losing or resigning for every game I played my chess rating would be
12,375 at least.



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