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Ok tonight I played a slow game against the Centaur on friendly mode and won. The game went 80(!) moves. I felt the computer played at my level pretty consistently. It did a couple silly moves I think to give me some help (I had made some questionable moves myself), but mostly the moves were solid a...

Have you tried to add some aluminum foil in the middle of the felt sticker.... you need some conductive material to touch the board. I see what they are doing now. The coils are not RFID but are measuring a change in inductance by bringing metal near them. I just placed a small piece of aluminum fo...

fourthirty: I totally understand that some people find the rare openings interesting. My complaint is that DGT claims "The Centaur plays in a very human way for your perfect playing experience." I want to use my Centaur to improve my play, such that it will allow me to play a stronger gam...

I played another short game today at lunch. I took my time the first half, but I had to leave so went into very fast almost blitz speed the other half and quickly went to ruin. I went kamikaze to see what would happen and Centaur just took everything given to it. [Event "Practice"] [Site &...

I played a game with my Mephisto Vancouver (London EPROM) 68020 set at 60 seconds thinking vs. the DGT Centaur set on expert mode... 1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.c3 Nf6 Thank you southernlights. Well, so much for the theory that the Centaur tightens up the opening book on the higher levels. The Centaur plays ...

I played a game with my Mephisto Vancouver (London EPROM) 68020 set at 60 seconds thinking vs. the DGT Centaur set on expert mode. Basically, the Vancouver/London got steamrolled, but this was to be expected. I was happy to see it get beaten for once as it always stomps all over me. I doubt the Cent...

I just received my Centaur and played around with it including a full slow play game. This thread will serve as a place where I'll write about this board as I use it more. I intend to do some mods to it as well as time permits and I'll document it here as well. Why did I buy it? I don't live near a ...

Risc II finally gets one right playing Qg3 instantly and sticks with it for a score of +4.12 Risc I also plays Qg3 instantly sticking with it for a score of +4.87 Im guessing the dedicateds will do well here finding Qg3 Golden Showers Regards Steve Vancouver 68020 plays Qg3 in about 30 seconds and ...

I ran the Polgar again against the puzzle again to duplicate my prior results and let it look at the problem a longer time. Ba3 00:01:46 +0.00 Ne2 00:08:51 +0.18 h3 09:16:00 (overnight) +0.20 Polgar on 10 Ply now. I'll let it run all day to see if it changes its mind again. It's interesting to see ...

Hi southernlights, I do agree that owning and using the original machines is a unique and satisfying experience that the emulations cannot capture. However, many here do not have this privilege and the emulations on the Rev II board are still pretty special in my opinion. They may not be the same b...

Emulations v original dedicateds is a personal preference, and if you haven't had them both you may not be sure. I have both the Revelation 2 with the emulation package, prior to the release of the Tasc programme running at 10 mhz, and the R30v2.5 which runs at 30 mhz,I was not inclined or tempted ...

But I get the auto response board, the ability to play bluetooth online, and so many engines I'll never get bored. This is a matter of personal taste really but i think its possible you could get bored you will have many engines but you will be playing on the same board with the same pieces over an...

I was making a list of chess computers I'd like to own and realized that if bought them I'd easily have the price of a Revelation II plus much more. For instance I own a Mephisto Polgar and MCGE already. That is almost half-way to the price. If I add the MCGE bluetooth and King engine that's just mo...

Mephisto Polgar Re1 immediately then Nc7+ after 30 seconds Nc7+ after 30 seconds evaluation -3.72 Nc7+ at about 30 minutes but now -2.81 Nc7+ at 60 minutes still -2.81 MCGE Nc7+ almost immediately -3.90 Re1 in 02:54 and -3.03 e5 at 07:07 -2.81 e5 at 12:02 -2.06 e5 at 28:38 -2.03 e5 and -2.03 at 60 m...

Now I'm curious and tried this position on my Saitek Centurion. Results are it found Ba3 immediately, but then discarded it. I tried on the 2 minute and 10 minute thinking: Nf1 1:46 Nf1 5:03 So a lot different than the Polgar which at least got the best move initially even though it changed after 8 ...