LCD Handheld Chess

List Price: $19.95 Discount Price: $19.67

Features:

• Raised keys provide easy entry of your moves
• LCD screen
• 1,000 level settings and 32 selectable book openings give you all the challenges you can handle
• "Teach" mode to expand your skills
• Auto-play feature to watch the computer play both sides so you can pick up some tricks

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Customer Reviews:

Not 1750 USCF!! [Posted on 2003-04-23]
I just purchased this and King Arthur. I beat them both without
too much difficulty on the strongest settings. I even pitted
them against each other, and they played a rather even, weak
game but King Arthur won eventually. I am rated 1480 and play
regular tournaments. The
claims that these are 1750 USCF is not true. I'd say they are
about 1300-1350. LCD Chess is a lot of fun, though for someone
in the 1200 range or below. No pieces means that they won't shake out when you carry it in your pocket. The module truly
is small and convenient to carry in your coat pocket. However it
accidentally turns on sometimes if you bump it, so many times I've brought it out of my pocket and it's on. It offers a very
bad opening book package (30 openings) which only go a few moves
deep, so that's a worthless feature. Plus, the openings are rather sophisticated (Bogo-Indian? c'mon!) for novices, which is
the only player this thing is fun for. The piece diagrams are a little weird too, and take some getting used to. Also, it "saves" your game, but not your move history, so unless you write your game down, forget it. But ... what do you expect?

Its not that good [Posted on 2003-08-22]
This thing may look like the perfect toy for someone you know but its not... its actually really hard to move the pieces on it battery instalation is tough (requires Screwdrive) Just get your kid a computer and let him play chess on that he'll like it more!

It's hard to tell the pieces apart. [Posted on 2004-02-17]
It's hard to tell the pieces apart; they invented their own weird symbology instead of using the standard 'newspaper icon' pieces you see in books.
Also, it's not that strong (1750? pschh!). Other than that, though, it's small, convenient, and durable.

I understood it. [Posted on 2004-06-27]
This is a good travel Chess game. The pieces, despite most reviews, were distinguishable, at least to me. Once I recognized that the Queen has deer antlers, the Rooks have benchpress bars, the King has an embroidered triangle, and the Bishops have crosses, it was easy. I do, however, agree that the white pieces were kinda hard to see. I would often have to tilt the game to see them better. There is a way to turn off the sound in the options mode. The manual is inside the package's folded cardboard and is (hidden) between the two halves. Having no pieces is great, this is why I spent days looking for a computerized version. I only wish it were illuminated for nite-playing.

This is good for Beginners. I have no rating, I don't play everyday. But I do love Chess.

Ok but could improve 3.5 rounded to 4 [Posted on 2005-06-10]
A very nice friend of my mom's bought this for me for my birthday. There are several problems with this. 1. The pieces are hard to make out. However you figure out in a few minutes and get used to it. 2. It keeps making an annoying beeping sound everytime i touched and moved a piece. After a couple hours, i figured out how to turn it off. 3. it moves fast and doesn;t simulate real tournament play.4. The lcd screen and the lay out isnt very appealing. However, this isn't all that bad. ITs pretty good for the money.

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