Author: Peter Darin
Date: 20:45:46 11/14/04
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On November 10, 2004 at 08:25:47, Steve B wrote: > > >>Simple they buy as collectors and not as chess players. For chess players it has >>0% utilty as u rightly mention. No dedicated unit can play at the level of >>Shredder8 on PentiumI even. >> >>It is just one way to waste money. > > >not correct >i am a collector and a chess player >my rating is about 1900 >the tasc units play at FIDE GM strenght >they are rated 2300-2400 ELO really? >certainly strong enough for me and stronger then 90% of FIDE RATED players >stronger then 99.99999% of casual players > >the reason a CHESSPLAYER(and one who is not a collector) would pay BIG money >for the Tasc computer is if they want a VERY STRONG opponent and they want to >sit down in front of a beautiful wooden board and pieces (like in REAL chess) >and not sit on front of a blinking PC screen with a mouse and 14 power plugs and surge protectors u can do that by using DGT board on PC also so why to waste more money on IM level opponent when u can buy a Super GM level (well tentetively)opponent >to date the Tasc computers are the HIGHEST rated dedicated units ever released >for sale > >they were sold out the moment they were put on the market with a street price of >between $1500-$2000 U r interested more in Dedicated Units because u r a collector. While what I stated was from the point oif view of Chess Player.Tell me how it improved ur chess? Did u play against all units u collected? I heard many units are not at all good players. Will that harm ur game? > >Tasc stopped making the computers because of a legal problem with the piece >recognition system used by the Smart Boards > >if the ONLY thing that matters to you is playing strenght then of course you >will go and spend $30(ignoring of course the cost of your PC )and you will get a >software program rated near 2700 >i guess you are a strong enough player that you would need an opponent greater >then 2300 ..i certainly do not ok as such my last post was not to offend u but just my opinion so sorry if i have hurt u. I beleive in analysing with Chess Programs and not playing against them to improve ur game. > >Steve Peter
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