Fidelity Sensory Chess Challenger "9".

[Cubeman]

I just won one of these on NZ Trademe site for $45, any one know if I got a good buy.Apparantly it is in excellent condition and has had only one owner.$45 NZ=about $30 US.

[Fernando]

I just won one of these on NZ Trademe site for $45, any one know if I got a good buy.Apparantly it is in excellent condition and has had only one owner.$45 NZ=about $30 US.

You are a lucky man.....
F

[Cubeman]

I was lucky that the seller missed out some key words such as "computer" or "electronic" or "machine" as I am sure that other bidders would have discovered it.I just stumbled on to it by mistake when looking at chess boards.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... =293308174
Thanks for letting me know I am lucky, might buy Lottery ticket.

[Steve B]

You can see what other Sc9's sold for on Ebay here:

http://www.elpeon.com/index.php?page=2&mod=fidelity

Regards
Steve

[Larry]

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You are a lucky man.....
F

How lucky depends on which version it is. This machine was also released
in a 'B' version, which looks identical to the more common 'A' version. On
the 5 second level play 1h4 and wait for the reply. If it replies with a centre
pawn push then sadly it's an 'A'. If it plays 1...g6, then yes, you should buy
a lottery ticket, because it's a 'B'.
Let me prepare you...the box appears to be an 'A' box. We discussed this
issue some time back on this forum.
Trans Tasman regards,
Larry

[Cubeman]

Got the Challenger "9" today, 1st thing to do was plug in adaptor and set to level 1 (5secs/move) average.I played the move 1.h4 and it replied with 1..e5.So must be version "A".
Still happy with purchase as the previous owner had it from new and kept all the instruction, box, etc in very good condition.
I might be selling it soon on TM and might get interest from Froggy2.