Dedicated computers vs PC, PICOCHESS, GAVON

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Great post Nick

The nice thing about Gavon is that it has been developed and produced by a very active chess player and dedicated chess computer collector, so everything about it is how I would have built one.

Did you buy your Gavon 2 direct from Josu or did you win one of his eBay auctions?

Another thing, I didn't know about the portable power supply until I built my own Gavon (with the help of Josu). I'm amazed how long it lasts with just a single change and lovely engineered too.

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Chessmaster Ireland wrote:Great post Nick

The nice thing about Gavon is that it has been developed and produced by a very active chess player and dedicated chess computer collector, so everything about it is how I would have built one.

Did you buy your Gavon 2 direct from Josu or did you win one of his eBay auctions?

Another thing, I didn't know about the portable power supply until I built my own Gavon (with the help of Josu). I'm amazed how long it lasts with just a single change and lovely engineered too.

Bryan
Hi Bryan,

I had the Gavons direct from Josu, but you can find them on Ebay from time to time as well. Josu is also very helpful when you have questions. You are right he is a collector, we were discussing some dedicated chess computers last week. He has some very good ones.

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Hi Nick

Forgot to tell you that, at the top of the first page of the Gavon handbook is the GAVON logo. I designed that for Josu as a thank you for him letting me build my own Gavon.

I also introduced him to my friend Berger who designed the Solus autosensory chess board and Josu added new code so Gavon and Solus where compatible with one another.

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Chessmaster Ireland wrote:Hi Nick

Forgot to tell you that, at the top of the first page of the Gavon handbook is the GAVON logo. I designed that for Josu as a thank you for him letting me build my own Gavon.

I also introduced him to my friend Berger who designed the Solus autosensory chess board and Josu added new code so Gavon and Solus where compatible with one another.

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Bryan
Hi Bryan,

Do you have a copy of the Logo? I am going to need it soon/

Also, is that the same Berger that fixes chess computers?

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Nick
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Hi Nick

Yes the same Berger.

Can you PM me your email address and I will send you a copy of the Gavon logo.

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Chessmaster Ireland wrote:Hi Nick

Yes the same Berger.

Can you PM me your email address and I will send you a copy of the Gavon logo.

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Hi Bryan,

Thanks I sent you a message.

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Just completed Stockfish 5 on both Gavon and Gavon 2. They scored as follows:

Gavon Stockfish 5 = 2906 ELO
Gavon 2 Stockfish 5 = 2962 ELO

This confirms that Stockfish 6 is stronger than Stockfish 5.

TOP OF THE RANKING TABLE

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Stockfish 6 is 89 ELO stronger than Stockfish 5 on Gavon 2.
Stockfish 6 is 41 ELO stronger than Stockfish 5 on Gavon.

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