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(More customer reviews)I bought the tabletop checkers and chess computer King Master III. In my judgement it plays chess at about 1500 Elo, but its checkers program is stronger. It's good training for the average checkers club player, I believe. In checkers, it makes only one theoretical move towards the centre, then it starts to think. One can always take back that move and make another, if one wants greater variety. One must allow it 15 seconds or more, I think. Strategically (in checkers) it has the usual tendency to conquer space on the flanks instead of the centre, so one can often get a positional advantage. But, of course, that doesn't mean that the game is won. But it tries to develop the single corner piece, which is good.
The checker pieces are quite easy to move by pressing them gently against the board. It functions finely. Also the chess pieces are attractive. The board only gives the moves in chess coordinates (there are no lights indicating the positions). When playing chess as black, one must turn the board. This places the move display upside-down, but it is readable anyway. One cannot play games with time control. Its knowledge of chess theory is scarce but big enough to create variety (Ruy Lopez, French, Russian defence, etc.). It doesn't know English opening or the Closed Sicilian, but plays well enough, except in certain open variants. In chess, it's too weak for the average club player. However, these tabletops are excellent for playing blindfold chess and blindfold checkers. One can play without pieces by just pressing the squares. As one can verify position, it's ideal for blindfold play. Then it becomes useful also to strong players. As the unit is cheap I think it's worth its price.
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Estimated rating: 1750
Magnetic chess pieces
Save game in memory
Piece-storage compartment
Requires 4 "AA" alkaline batteries (not included).
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