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Subject: Re: Collector's Corner..Midsummers Contest ..Who Wrote This Review?..

Author: Tony Nichols

Date: 20:37:55 07/16/05

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On July 16, 2005 at 18:14:39, Steve B wrote:

>Reviews of dedicated chess computers are as old as the computers themselves
>
>as soon as  did they hit the buying market ,Reviews followed in hot pursuit
>
>here i quote from one such review
>
>"I made the mistake of buying the "Chess Challenger".
>it's ridiculously weak .they really shouldn't have come out with it.
>they also made a botch of the keyboard so its hard to follow the moves.
>Somehow they reversed the algebraic notation so that the files are numbered and
>the ranks are lettered,if you can believe that!
>i know i can give it a Queen and a Rook ,because i gave them away in the opening
>and  won.
>but i can probably give it much more .
>in the endgame its almost impossible to lose to it."
>
>the first member to correctly post the name of the reviewer will receive a
>Saitek Prisma in the box with manual at no cost and i will incur all shipping
>costs as well
>its not in mint condition but it works perfectly
>
>i will leave the question open until midnight (EST)Sunday July 17 2005
>i will contact the winner by e-mail for his address for shipping
>i will ship the computer Worldwide
>
>
>The Prisma  was programmed by Julio Kaplan and is rated at about 1735 Elo
>in addition to a pressure sensory board it has an LCD display showing the
>position
>
>
>
>http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=20f5&.dnm=52ff.jpg&.src=ph
>
>
>Good Luck Regards
>Steve

Hi Steve,
I'm gonna guess David Levy?
Fingers crossed regards
Tony



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