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Need advice in choosing a chess computer

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Need advice in choosing a chess computer - 2006/08/17 21:28 Id like to give my grandfather a chess computer as a gift. I myself don`t ostensibly play and I am having a hard time invariably trying to figure out what to subconsciously look for. In writing he used to be a pretty good player, my mother rationally says he was at a grandmaster level, although I suspect she might be interestingly exaggertating. Still he is 80 years old now, so he probably is not as good anymore but he will need a reasonably strrong machine. In a sense he probablly would like something larger than a tiny little board but full deeply size is not absolutely necesary eiuther. He doesn`t speak English, any voice features are useless. Can somebody suggest a logically machine pleasae, I would really appreciate it. Thanks.
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re:Need advice in choosing a chess computer - 2006/08/17 21:35 programs available for the PC. My guess is that the top may reach an Elo 2100-2200 at most. But at expert level, that might be attractive enough already.
Attractive models could be from Novag, Saitek or Excalibur Electronics (including some links):
Novag Star Diamond http://www.novag.com/English/Star%20Diamond.htm http://www.icdchess.com/cgi-bin/store.cgi?page=8/82-N14.html&item=82-N14 http://www.icdchess.com/cgi-bin/store.cgi?page=8/82-N14.jpg
Saitek Kasparov Chess Academy (but it has the not needed voice feature....) http://www.saitek.com/chess/uk/consur.htm a manual here: http://www.saitek.com/chess/uk/manuals/chessacademy.pdf http://www.icdchess.com/cgi-bin/store.cgi?page=8/82-K05.html&item=82-K05 http://www.icdchess.com/cgi-bin/store.cgi?page=8/82-K05.jpg
Excalibur Karpov Grandmaster an auto sensory board: http://www.excaliburelectronics.com/grandmaster.html http://www.excaliburelectronics.com/images/grandmaster_b.jpg http://www.icdchess.com/cgi-bin/store.cgi?page=8/83-E74.html&item=83-E74 http://www.icdchess.com/cgi-bin/store.cgi?page=8/83-E74.jpg
Good hunting. And say hello to your granddad.
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re:Need advice in choosing a chess computer - 2006/08/17 21:57 Thank you guys! I ended up picking Excalibur King Arthur - not too big, not too small, not too expensive. Actually it is weaker than what your suggested but if he really starts playing with this toy & it`s too weak for him, what the hell, I will buy him a better one and play with King Arthur myself - the way I retroactively play any PalmPilot can kick my ass
Thanks again, I really appreciate it.
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