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Subject: Novag Star Ruby is Stronger

Author: Timothy J. Frohlick

Date: 19:32:59 07/17/05

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and less expensive than the old Sapphire model.

Progress,

http://www.chessusa.com/cgi-bin/store.cgi?page=8/80-N18.html&item=80-N18On


You might want to consider a *Playstation 3 with Chessmaster 10 or 11. It will
blow away any other stand-alones including pocket PC and Palm units. Even the
PSP portable device will slay your Sapphire.

http://home.btconnect.com/hgi/ps3/

TJ

*You must wait till Christmas or a little after to get this fantastic stuff.




July 17, 2005 at 16:49:35, Victor Park wrote:

>
>Several years ago I purchased the Novag Sapphire from the USCF Store which had a
>rating of 2383 (USCF). The store told me that the chess computer received its
>rating at the sudden death level (30 minutes).
>
>When I played the computer at this level, I found that I could only win a few
>games. I am looking for an easier game to play against.
>
>I wanted to find a chess computer that played sudden death (30 minutes or more)
>at about the USCF 2100 level (a few hundred points less than the Novag
>Sapphire).
>
>Does anyone know if the Novag Company makes a chess computer that plays sudden
>death (30 min, 60 min, etc.) at the expert level (USCF 2100 give or take 50
>points)?
>
>Thanks to anyone who can help me with this question.



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