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- Fernando
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Most beautiful Chess Computer
Not difficult to guess it is a wooden one, but, which one?
The quality of the wood and design of the pieces and the board must be taken into account, what else, but perhaps the way the electronics are embedded is important too.
In doubt regards
Fern
The quality of the wood and design of the pieces and the board must be taken into account, what else, but perhaps the way the electronics are embedded is important too.
In doubt regards
Fern
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- Monsieur Plastique
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Tough to pin down to just one, maybe because there are so many I haven't yet seen. It's almost like asking "Who's the most beautiful woman in the world?" Well, maybe I can narrow that one down to about my top 100.
As for chess computers, of those I own, it's close to a tie between:
Honorable mention may have to go to SciSys Renaissance (love the four LEDs per square) or the Saitek Corona.
(I suppose I didn't go a very good job narrowing that list down. I'd better stop now before I think of others...)
As for chess computers, of those I own, it's close to a tie between:
- - Mephisto Monte Carlo / Academy
- Mephisto Exclusive
- Novag Citrine/UCB
- Novag Autosensory Board
Honorable mention may have to go to SciSys Renaissance (love the four LEDs per square) or the Saitek Corona.
(I suppose I didn't go a very good job narrowing that list down. I'd better stop now before I think of others...)
Cheers,
Jeff B.
Jeff B.
Great question Fern. I'd list contenders in this order:
I haven't seen a Revelation II in person but the beauty of those boards and chessmen may put them at the top of the list.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder regards,
Dave
- Saitek Renaissance (very beautiful large board, very plain chessmen)
Fidelity Elite A/S & Avant Gardes (beautiful solid boards, excellent chessmen)
Novag Diablo/Experts (beautiful smallish boards, fair chessmen)
Mephisto Munich/Exclusive (nice/reliable boards, poor chessmen)
I haven't seen a Revelation II in person but the beauty of those boards and chessmen may put them at the top of the list.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder regards,
Dave
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Elite Avant Garde, ideal size, few buttons, excellent design, two clocks, I think was the best machine built. Secondly, I consider Mephisto Monte Carlo and Academy, both in wood!
with my EAG regards
Oswaldo
with my EAG regards
Oswaldo
- Eric Wainwright
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Yes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
I have to disagree with JeffB. I think the chessmen that come with the Novag Experts are just about perfect. All the pieces are slender and elegant. The knights are a nice balance between plain and ornate. The wood isn’t overly glossed and feel good in the hand.
Second place goes to Mephisto Exclusive and Fidelity EAG boards.
I have to disagree with JeffB. I think the chessmen that come with the Novag Experts are just about perfect. All the pieces are slender and elegant. The knights are a nice balance between plain and ornate. The wood isn’t overly glossed and feel good in the hand.
Second place goes to Mephisto Exclusive and Fidelity EAG boards.
If it the Knights didn't have pointy noses that make them look more like greyhounds or can-openers than horses then I would have no objection. Otherwise, yes, they're very nice pieces. But that knight! Oh, the pain! (That observation applies to some Novag sets, not the German Knight sets that come with the smaller computers like the Obsidian.)I have to disagree with JeffB. I think the chessmen that come with the Novag Experts are just about perfect. All the pieces are slender and elegant. The knights are a nice balance between plain and ornate. The wood isn’t overly glossed and feel good in the hand.
Cheers,
Jeff B.
Jeff B.