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Subject: Re: Excalibur Grand Master - Silver Edition

Author: Steven Edwards

Date: 14:28:06 05/22/05

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On May 21, 2005 at 16:08:55, Steve B wrote:

>to get a silver and black GM just didnt make any sense to me
>the two computers are exactly the same except for the color scheme

And an extra US$10 for the silver, according to Excalibur's price list.

For my tastes, the green and white board is preferred.  I have not played the
machine, so I can't say anything about its strength.  I believe it was
advertised with a 2200 Elo and I suspect one should apply the usual
post-marketing descaling adjustment.

For what it's worth, I think that Excalibur has a good idea here: the first
relatively inexpensive dedicated unit with full size board and pieces.  Perhaps
the strength of dedicated models that have small boards and poorly designed
pieces is due in part to their esthetic distance from usual tounament equipment.



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