Author: Steve B
Date: 05:06:28 11/16/04
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>I m sorry but all these ratings seem unrealistic. quite reliable and accurate Eric Hallsworth of Selective Search magazine(2nd link) is a world renown expert in the field of computer chess and his magazine is respected the world over. as is his ratings results. he has been rating the Dedicated units and PC programs for well over 20 years. the first list was culled from the SSDF lists as of 1995 i think the confusion here is that the Tasc unit was rleased in 1993 with the only upgrade in 1995. the Tasc has not been availalbe for sale now for perhaps 5-6 years no significant play testing has been conducted since these dates you do not see current PC programs on these lists because these are lists for Dedicated units only THE Tasc computerincorporate's DeKonings King program version 2.3 and 2.5(seen in the Chessmaster program)running on a 68030 processor at either 30 Mhz or 40 mHZ >Can u give me Rating list of Ded. units playing against Humans (rated, IM, GM level?) THE SSDF lists for PC software chess programs are conducted as Computer.VS Computer matches the ratings you see for Fritz or Shredder etc.etc are all calculated this way so were the old dedicated units i dont know of a list of Dedicated units vs.humans would be mildy interesting to see though. >Then why u collect so many units and can never be satisfied with the strongest one which has the most beautiful board ? From this I perceived that u r a genuine collector! nothing wrong in that. But what utility it has for an improving player? i am a collector AND a player the two are not mutally exclusive actually the rating strength means nothing to me as far as collecting,only for playing we started off this thread with your comment that the Tasc is a complete waste of money for a chess player if this is the way you still feel then nothing i can write will change that suffice is to say that chess players the world over greatly desire the unit if Tasc had not gone out of business they would to this day still sell like hot cakes the collector in me is happy they are no longer produced..the chess player in me is sad Final Regards Steve
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