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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