Author: Ian Osgood
Date: 17:21:19 07/22/99
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On July 22, 1999 at 13:25:13, Steven Schwartz wrote: >On July 22, 1999 at 13:21:56, Charles Unruh wrote: > >>What's the difference between novag sapphire 1 and 2?? Also about what USCF >>rating would it have? > >Running a bit faster, 128,000 opening book moves vs. 36,000 and a slightly >upgraded program. Improvement? 22 rating points according to SSDF. >- Steve (ICD/Your Move) The SSDF doesn't measure their strength difference very well in this instance. The Sapphire I played weaker opposition, since it was around earlier, which biases the results. Neither of these handhelds has had much recent testing on the SSDF list. I can't personally speak for the Sapphire I, but my Sapphire II maintains a blitz rating between 2000-2200 on FICS. I don't know whether there is any correlation between FICS ratings and USCF ratings. I don't think that the SapphireII/DiamondII (same hardware and program) were ever CRA rated by the USCF. Ian Osgood runs account SapphireII and NewtonChess on FICS
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