Author: Francois Bertin
Date: 10:00:27 11/17/98
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On November 16, 1998 at 15:57:59, Frank Nelson wrote:
>The peg Saitek unit is now 16-0 against most games being at 30 secs level.
>I have not tried the Bronstein timing feature yet but will next time I play it.
>The Cosmos appears to be at least 90-100 pts. stronger than the GK2100 in my
>humble opinion. You could set it at 1 sec and the darn thing still bombs away at
>you. The thing that I like most about the Cosmos is its size with a 5"x5" board
>you are comfortable playing with the peg pieces alone or with a tournament size
>board. I should probably be trying out positions for the Cosmos to solve as many
>on CCC like to do with software. If anyone gets a Cosmos and like to post their
>results with it please do so.
Well, since I still have difficulties beating the TC2100 at fun levels
6 or 7, I have no need for the possibly stronger Cosmos model yet :-)
However, I am curious about the new self-adaptive levels that are
available with the Cosmos? Have you tried them? How do they "feel"?
I have also seen the Cosmos at my local chess club. The design is
very similar to the TC2100, altough the Cosmos chessboard is better
because of its depolished finish, which eliminates reflections
(The TC2100 chessboard is polished and produces annoying reflections).
IMO however, the colors chosen for the pieces and chessboard are more
confusing than the ones on the older model. It's a metter of compromise,
as always :-)
Regards,
François Bertin
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