Author: J.-U. Thormann
Date: 12:43:44 05/17/99
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On May 17, 1999 at 11:04:36, Jaco van Tonder wrote: >Good day all. > >I have been offered the above Chess computer for purchase at a big discount. I >am a moderate, but serious chess player. I therefore want some strong >competition. I also want a computer that looks nice, ie preferably from wood, >that I can permanently leave on a table in my living room without the wife >freeking out. Unfortunately, I cannot seem to find any specs on this chess >computer anywhere on the net. I've been to the Saitek website, but this line of >computer has been discontinued, and they do not have any "Past Products" >section. I also cannot find any mention of it on the SSDF computer rating >lists. > >Any suggestions/comments will be appreciated. > >Thanks >Jaco I have a Renaissance and like it. It is wood, it is big (52x52 cm), has nice features as a user-programmable opening book, can be connected with the PC, and can be upgraded with some nice modules. Without a module it plays weak (ca 1400-1500 Elo SSDF). But there are similar modules still available (www.niggemann.com): the Analyst/Maestro modules (ca. 1800-1900 Elo SSDF), and the Brute Force module (2018 Elo SSDF). The Analyst/Maestro modules are programmed by Julio Kaplan, the programm (8 Bit) has a good positional play, but is tactical a little bit weak. The opening-book is big (100.000 moves). The Brute Force module is programmed by Frans Morsch (Fritz), has hash-tables and a opening book of 24.000 moves. Regards J.-U.
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