On Feb 29, 8:51 am, SBD wrote:

On Feb 28, 10:23 pm, (SAT W-7) wrote:

You can go to your search engine and look for the EXCALIBUR brand of
chess sets ...Their box say's I800 ELO But when i see it make a blunder
move like the eleventh move in this game it makes me think it can not
be that strong..But i have no idea how these are programmed....

1800 seems ridiculous, a manufacturer's claim without any testing.

IVAN is as much 1800 as I am 2800.


You can't tell much from a single mistake.

If you recall, world champion Kramnik
recently overlooked a mate-in-one, under no
particular time pressure. Fluke? In a recent
issue of Chess Lies, two GMs were playing
a Caro-Kann and one tried an early "TN"; the
other instantly blundered, losing horribly. It's
not easy to calculate complex variations.

I downloaded a text file which purportedly
contained "all" the testing of one agency,
but there was nothing for "Ivan". I would like
to see more games before accepting or just
dismissing the claim of an 1800 rating
because people don't like Sanny... .


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