Author: Mike S.
Date: 23:22:24 03/23/04
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On March 24, 2004 at 00:58:21, Russell Reagan wrote: >On March 24, 2004 at 00:28:05, Mike S. wrote: > >>when you practise with a chess computer with sensor board... > >That's a good idea, but, wow, those things can get expensive. Aren't there any >that will just send and receive moves to and from the PC chess program? I don't >care if the actual board can play. There are some, the DGT board being the most popular currently AFAIK. It's compatible to Fritz, Arena, and other chess programs. http://www.dgtprojects.com/eboard.htm Unfortunately it has no square LEDs. It has been explained that this is due to FIDE requirements. Although, I think it should be possible to create a board where the square LEDs are hidden (under a thin wooden cover) and only activated as an option. So I guess, it's only a matter of lack of demand that such a variant is produced. But while playing, you'd have to rely to spoken notation from the chess program for the opponent's moves. I'm lucky having bought the Tasc Board in time, which isn't produced anymore, which has 81 square LEDs (rest is similar to the DGT board). But more recent GUIs don't support that board anymore. Maybe Shredder classic, I don't know (version 5 did). But these boards are usually *more expensive* than an average chess computer. I've looked into the ICD Chess online shop. It has the Excalibur Grandmaster (not very strong, but with a large auto sensory board) for $ 219.95, the popular new Star Diamond (smaller, with pressure sensory bord, but AFAIK much stronger) for the same price, and i.e. the Saitek Chess Challenger for $ 99.95. For comparison: The DGT board is offered for $ 399.95 If you consider using the PC as an opponent while practising with a real board, maybe you have already everything necessary: If you don't mind entering your moves with the mouse, that would be the major difference to using such a DGT sensor board :-) Of course you'd miss the advantage to have piece recognition, making mistakes a little more likely when transmitting the moves from/to the PC. But that's probably a small price to pay for not to have to pay a price. :-) Regards, M.Scheidl
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