cracraft@ISI-VENERA.ARPA.UUCP (05/17/86)
This message is primarily addressed to Tony Marsland, AILIST member, but is of general interest to the rest of the list as well. Tony, for our readers, what are the three strongest available chess machines according to the Swedish article in the most recent issue of the ICCA Journal? I was told today by a third-party (THE PLAYERS company in Los Angeles), that the Novag Constellation Expert is approximately 2100 in chess strength. I find this impossible to believe because it runs on a tiny 8-bit processor at 1/50,000th the speed of a Belle, Cray Blitz, or Hitech which barely pass 2100 in chess strength. It should be noted that Hitech's rating is based on very few tournament games. The same is true of Cray Blitz. Only Belle has a sufficient base to qualify its 2200 rating claim. Well, Tony, what are they? Take care. Stuart Cracraft