Author: John Rissler
Date: 13:47:12 08/13/05
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On August 12, 2005 at 18:15:04, alcides fuentes wrote: > >Hello, > >I know that there are two chess computers of the mark "Radio Shack", which have >almost the same name: "Chess champion 2150" and "Chess Champion 2150L", somebody >knows Which is the stronger? > >Thank you > >Alcides I cannot answer this definitively, but if I remember correctly, Larry Kaufman -- the then editor of CCR magazine -- believed the original Radio Shack 2150 was slightly stronger at normal time controls. However, I think he stated that the newer RS 2150L would be stronger at blitz chess. I do not recall whether he thought the 2150L would be stronger at slower "sudden-death" time controls as well. At these "sudden-death" time controls, the original 2150 (I have one) goes into "instant response" mode if the game drags on, and self-destructs. I remember one blitz game in which the Radio Shack 2150 had a greater than 10 pawns advantage over the Saitek Risc 2500 (!), only to go into instant response mode and blow it all. (It actually wound up losing the game.) A shame, since it didn't get ahead of the SR 2500 very often. :^) Regards, John
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