Portable Talking Coach

Computer name:	Portable Talking Coach
Manufacturer:	Saitek
Dimensions:	23 x 18 x 3.2 cm
Power supply:	4 AA-batteries
Rating:	occasional players
Other details:	chessmen inserted over pressure-sensitive contacts
	LEDs on two sides of board
	with voice
	program probably same as Kasparov Compact

  4 EXAMPLE GAMES:

  White: Fritz 8 (1 ply)

  Black: Portable Talking Coach (± 10 seconds / move)

  (Result: won by black)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd4 6.Qxd4 c5 7.Qc4 d6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.O-O-O Be6 10.Qd3 O-O 11.Be2 Qb6 12.Rhe1 c4 13.Qf3 Rfe8 14.h3 Rac8 15.Kb1 Nd7 16.Be3 Qa5 17.Bd4 Bg5 18.g4 Ne5 19.Qg3 Bd8 20.h4 Bb6 21.h5 Bxd4 22.Rxd4 Qb6 23.Red1 Nd3 24.Bxd3 Qxd4 25.Be2 Qe5 26.Rxd6 Qxg3 27.fxg3 Red8 28.e5 Kf8 29.g5 Ke7 30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.Bf3 f6 32.exf6+ gxf6 33.gxf6+ Kxf6 34.Bxb7 Kg5 35.Bf3 h6 36.Ne4+ Kf5 37.Nc5 Rd2 38.c3 Bf7 39.b4 Rf2 40.g4+ Kf4 41.Bd1 Rd2 42.Kc1 Rxa2 43.b5 Ra5 44.g5 hxg5 45.h6 Rxb5 46.h7 Rb8 47.Be2 Rh8 48.Kd2 Rxh7 49.Ke1 Rh2 50.Kd2 g4 51.Ke1 Ke3 52.Bf1 Rb2 53.Kd1 Bg6 54.Bd3 cxd3 55.Kc1 Rb5 56.Ne6 d2+ 57.Kd1 Rb1# An animation of the game can be seen if you have Java installed.

  White: Fritz 8 (1 ply)

  Black: Portable Talking Coach (± 10 seconds / move)

  (Result: won by black)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 d5 5.a3 Bd6 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 Ba6 8.Qb3 O-O 9.d5 exd5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.Qxd5 Bb4+ 12.Bd2 Qxd5 13.Bxb4 Rd8 14.Rc1 Nc6 15.Bc3 f5 16.b4 Rd7 17.Bb2 Rad8 18.Bc3 Qd1+ 19.Rxd1 Rxd1# An animation of the game can be seen if you have Java installed.

  White: Fritz 8 (1 ply)

  Black: Portable Talking Coach (± 10 seconds / move)

  (Result: drawn)

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxb7 Bd7 7.e4 Rb8 8.Qa6 Nb4 9.Qxa7 Nc2+ 10.Kd1 Nxa1 11.Bxc4 e6 12.Ne5 Bd6 13.f4 O-O 14.Re1 Ra8 15.Qb7 Qe7 16.f5 Rfb8 17.Nc6 Rxb7 18.Nxe7+ Bxe7 19.e5 Ng4 20.h3 Nf2+ 21.Ke2 Rb4 22.b3 Nc2 23.Kxf2 Nxe1 24.Kxe1 exf5 25.Nd5 Bh4+ 26.Kd1 Rb7 27.a3 Be6 28.Ke2 Rd8 29.Ne3 Bxc4+ 30.bxc4 Rxd4 31.Nxf5 Rxc4 32.Be3 Rb2+ 33.Kd3 Ra4 34.Nxh4 Rxh4 35.Bg5 Rh5 36.Kc3 Rxg2 37.h4 h6 38.Bd8 c5 39.Kc4 Rxe5 40.Kb5 Rc2 41.Bc7 Re3 42.a4 Rb3+ 43.Ka5 Rb4 44.h5 Ra2 45.Ka6 Rh4 46.Kb5 Rxh5 47.a5 Rb2+ 48.Kc4 Ra2 49.Kb5 Rb2+ 50.Kc4 Ra2 51.Kb5= An animation of the game can be seen if you have Java installed.

  White: Fritz 8 (5 ply)

  Black: Portable Talking Coach (± 60 seconds / move)

  (Result: won by white)

1.e4 c6 2.c4 Nf6 3.e5 Ne4 4.f3 Nc5 5.d4 Ne6 6.d5 Nc5 7.b4 Nca6 8.b5 cxb5 9.cxb5 Nc5 10.Be3 d6 11.f4 Bf5 12.Nc3 Nbd7 13.Nf3 g6 14.Be2 Bg7 15.O-O O-O 16.Rc1 Qa5 17.Bd4 Rfc8 18.Nh4 Be4 19.Bg4 f5 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Nxe4 Bxh4 22.Nxc5 Nxc5 23.Bxc8 Rxc8 24.Qg4 e6 25.Qxh4 exd5 26.Qf6 Qc7 27.Qh8+ Kf7 28.Qxh7+ Kf8 29.Qh8+ Kf7 30.Qg7+ Ke8 31.Rfe1+ Ne4 32.Rxc7 Rxc7 33.Qxc7 Kf8 34.Qg7+ Ke8 35.Bf6 b6 36.Qe7# An animation of the game can be seen if you have Java installed.