Weblog about chess and computers
22JAN09: Einstein plays chess.(Does Excalibur's latest handheld play like a genius? )
19JAN09: Customer-friendly
(a story from long ago)
13DEC08: The weakest ever
(Excalibur look-alike turns out to be extremely weak)
25NOV08: CHESS computer??
(An eBay object wrongly advertized as a chess computer)
15OCT08: Paw In The Bottle
(Fritz-5-ply punished for its greed)
01JUN08: Still Going Strong
(TASC, an old one, but still very strong)
31MAY08: eBay agony
(The long and worrisome wait for an eBay TASC computer)
03APR08: Very funny!!
(Would an antique Senator computer be able to checkmate?)
23FEB08: Explosive stupidity
(Can the Dutch postal service deliver a chess computer?)
31JAN08: Not bad for a snail
(an extremely slow organizer that plays reasonable chess)
15JAN08: Joyless joystick
(Is a joystick very essential to a chess computer?)
19OCT07: Curiouser and curiouser
(Quirky games between chess computers and Fritz-one-ply)
30SEP07: A four-year-old niece
(Chess computers can be extremely stupid.)
11SEP07: The same program?
(a few games suggesting identical computers are not the same)
30AUG07: Rubber Chess Board
(A rubber USB chessboard, is it more than a gadget?)
25MAY07: A chess computer for masochists
(antique chess computers: a self-inflicted torture!)
18FEB07: A toy that plays chess
(Would Gameboy - with Chessmaster - be able to play chess?)
30JAN07: Interesting Berliner
(Elektroschach, a famous shop in Berlin)
27JAN07: A look at the inside
(a closer look at the entrails of Touch Chess)
18JAN07: Handheld from Barcelona
(a Novag handheld found in Barcelona)
17JAN07: Happy Birthday To Me
(Ancient chess computer on a birthday card)
30DEC06: Good value for money
(a very strong but inexpensive computer)
22OCT06: Legendary twins
(CXG's Legend and its relatives)
19OCT06: Pretty bargain
(Capella as a bargain at eBay)
03OCT06: An East-German oldie
(SC2: impressive hardware, but less impressive play)
02SEP06: Testing weaklings
(Four cheap computers tested)
27AUG06: Putting things right
(Is Mini Chess really weaker than Chess Champion Mk 1?)
14JUN06: Chess Tiger Revisited
(an important key found in my spambox)
10JUN06: Fussy Tiger
(Tiger Chess seems to works on only one organizer.)
08JAN06: Surprise - 2
(Cock de Gorter discovers Rybka.)
05DEC05: Surprise
(a strong twenty-dollar computer)
23NOV05: A star among chess computers
(Kishon Chesster, not your average chess computer!)
02OCT05: Rules Of Thumb
(Rules-of-thumb are handy, but there are exceptions.)
01SEP05: Sudden Death
(Mephisto Mystery too strong for Constellation)
10JUN05: Really the best?
(Is Excalibur's Talking Touch Chess as strong as is claimed?)
09JUN05: Value for money?
(a 70-dollar computer that actually cost 170 dollars!!)
20MAY05: Designed to break?
(Fidelity and Excalibur computers, pretty, but unsturdy)
16APR05: Does Barbie play chess?
(Long ago, Mattel made a chess computer.)
05APR05: Recycling
(It pays for manufacturers to re-use their designs.)
13FEB05: Does it want to win?
(Does Mephisto Maestro want to win in a winning position?)
09FEB05: Hard to handle
(Can Excalibur Escort really be used as a travel computer?)
08FEB05: Master vs Maestro
(Maestro means Master, but do they play the same?)
20DEC04: Nice to see
(Chess games between computers can be an entertaining spectacle.)
01DEC04: Pretty but nasty
(Glass Chess is nice to see, but as vulnerable as its name suggests)
13NOV04: Two surprises
(Cheap but strong computer from market offers another surprise.)
15OCT04: Brain versus brawn
(One ply, not as simple as it sounds.)
14OCT04: Antique chess computer?
(Was the Turk a chess computer?)
06OCT04: Pretty chess?
(A pretty computer does not necessarily play good chess.)
02OCT04: Too strong for beginners?
(Fun levels may still be too strong for beginners)
13SEP04: an unintelligent machine
(There were quite a few morons amongst older chess computers.)
11SEP04: deceptive appearance
(Novag Accord looks nice, but can it play chess?)
24AUG04: How positive is progress?
(Do you want to buy a computer that beats you all of the time?)
15JUL04: Pocket chess computers
(a few handheld computers)
06JUL04: Chess Master 3
(Chess Master does not play as well as it looks.)
01JUL04: Chess master 2
(Advanced Star may be small and old, but by no means weak!)
30JUN04: Chess master 1
(Chess Master is no match for Chess Tiger)
02MAY04: arena for chess
(Arena, a free program with many possibilities)
04FEB04: Fritz fray
(You won't contradict Fritz is a great program, will you?)
09JAN04: Rebellious Chess
(Rebel Decade, a free but strong program)
02JAN04: a low-prized palm computer
(Zire and Chess Tiger, a wining combination)
