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Chess computers
SAITEK MEPHISTO TALKING CHESS TRAINER COMPUTER
- Chess Trainer Speech to encourage, offer guidance and generally be your personal home tutor!
- 11 Teaching Modes- learning made easy
- 14-move take back - experiment and learn
- Option to Play Against the Computer or a Friend
- Hints Given - ask the computer to play your move or swap sides!
- 16 Opening Systems to learn
- 4-Digit LCD Display
- Built in Chess Clock
- Automatic Power Down feature - conserve battery life
- Unfinished games held in memory
TALKING LCD CHESS HANDHELD
- 64 playing levels: Beginner, Normal, Training, Tournament, Blitz and Mate Search;
- All Major Opening Systems;
- 30-move Take Back - experiment and learn;
- Info Mode - to see inside the computers mind;
- Position Evaluation Feature;
- Option to Play Against the Computer or Friend;
- Setup Option - to try new positions and moves;
- 4-Digit LCD Display;
- Built-in Chess Clock - sharpen your skills;
- Automatic Power down feature - conserve battery life;
- Unfinished games held in memory - pick up where you left off.
Hold a tournament-strength chess partner in the palm of your hand! Excalibur's handheld LCD Chess weighs in at only six ounces, but gives you an adjustable-strength partner ready for a game on the go. All the features of larger models—move take-back, game-saving memory and much more!
- 73 strength levels
- 32 mate problems
- Teaching mode
- Exciting sound effects
Excalibur Touch Chess Computer Handheld is as portable and as easy-to-use as the most popular PDAs! Just use the pull-out stylus to choose the piece and tap the square you want to move to! Play against the computer or use it as an on-the-go travel set to compete against a partner or study games from books and newspapers. Includes carrying pouch, teaching modes and rating features, along with lots more features of full table-top models!
- Tournament strength
- 73 power levels
- Rates your play
- Hint key for coaching
- Help mode shows all legal moves for beginners
- 16 of the greatest games ever played
- Batteries included!
