Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 11:20:20 04/06/04
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On April 05, 2004 at 17:00:58, Alan Grotier wrote:
>
> Purchased on E-Bay ($115.75 us)and received last Friday Excalibur GM.
> It lacks a lot of the bells and whistles others have.Eg no access to
> book lines.No play styles.No fullwidth or selective play etc.
> Pressing first the "monitor" button you make the moves you want untill
> you get the desired position.Press monitor again and start playing.
> This lack of options is felt because most chess engines to-day have many.
>
> But it does have a tournament size vinyl board which is auto-sensory
> which works extremely well.(squares do not have piece recognition)
> The pieces are tournament size in black and white plastic but are weighted
> and feel good to handle.
> The book seems to be varied but hard to tell because of the lack of access.
> There are one 100 levels of play of which level 6 a one ply search is the
> weakest.
>
> It is just great to sit in front a full size auto-sensory board with nice
> weighted peices and play a game of chess.
> Fritz 8 & GM9K rate me at 1300-1400 so this electronic chess unit is great
> for me.Excalibur claims a rating of 2200 which I doubt.
>
>
> I like to play the sicilian opening (although I am not that good at tactics)
> and the machine punishes me every time.
>
> Alan
>
> This was a great buy.For the money this unit cannot be beaten.
For that amount of money you can get a Palm and Chess Tiger for Palm.
More features and better playing strength...
Christophe
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