Novag Citrine Chess Computer

I was browsing chess computers and came across this one. It looks sweet! A bit pricey, but really not bad for the looks and features. It is a beautiful looking wood computer chess set rated at 2100. The led's on the board make it really simple to make the computer moves without even looking and the display. Anybody have one or have experience with it? This may be on my Christmas list.

http://www.chesshouse.com/Novag_Citrine_Advanced_Wooden_Chess_Computer_p/b1032.htm

Originally posted by passedpawn22
I was browsing chess computers and came across this one. It looks sweet! A bit pricey, but really not bad for the looks and features. It is a beautiful looking wood computer chess set rated at 2100. The led's on the board make it really simple to make the computer moves without even looking and the display. Anybody have one or have experience with i ...[text shortened]... s list.

http://www.chesshouse.com/Novag_Citrine_Advanced_Wooden_Chess_Computer_p/b1032.htm

Originally posted by black beetle
With that money (and slightly some more!) I would buy Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual (2nd edition) and the St. Petersburg Chess set and Board combination -you may check it at http://houseofstaunton.com/Store/product_name=The+St.+Petersburg+Chess+Set+and+Board+Combination/exact_match=exact
🙂

It's certainly from a Najdorf and as I recall from my open Sicilian days
It looks like a book Nd5 sac.
I can give a sure answer tomorrow - one of guys with a trillion game
database will no doubt get it.

It's a beautiful Chess set.

I've been eyeing this computer for a while now. It looks really sweet.

I like the fact you could plug in another engine like Rybka. Unfortunately this requires a serial cable. Not sure why they don't have a usb.

Some users have complained about the chess pieces. Apparently their quality doesn't match the price of the rest of the package. Fortunately the makers have heard the customer complaints and you can now purchase a deluxe set separately.

Originally posted by clarencecuasay
I've been eyeing this computer for a while now. It looks really sweet.

I like the fact you could plug in another engine like Rybka. Unfortunately this requires a serial cable. Not sure why they don't have a usb.

Some users have complained about the chess pieces. Apparently their quality doesn't match the price of the rest of the package. Fortuna ...[text shortened]... e makers have heard the customer complaints and you can now purchase a deluxe set separately.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
It's certainly from a Najdorf and as I recall from my open Sicilian days
It looks like a book Nd5 sac.
I can give a sure answer tomorrow - one of guys with a trillion game
database will no doubt get it.

It's a beautiful Chess set.

Yes, that St. Petersburg set is very nice, but I was looking at computers to play over the board for practice. :-) Besides the Novag citrine, the Mephisto Master gets good reviews, but it doesn't look as ngood and I don't think you can plug it in a computer.

I would like one to:
-look as a very nice wooden chessset
-to move the pieces itself in case I want to play against it(like those magnetic once, I saw some adverticement, but much faster-those were looking pretty slow)
-to be able to save games that I play against friends(and to be able to connect it to a computer when I want to see the games on a computer screen like a DGT bboard, otherwise to save the games in some inside memory)
-to have a playing strength of about 2500-2600 to be able to help me analyze my games
-to have an incorporated nice big chess clock for blitz games against friends

I would pay some hundres buks for such a set, but it is not existing yet...wandering why none created one, not so difficult with today technology...
Maybe I should suggest them 😉

Originally posted by vipiu
I would like one to:
-look as a very nice wooden chessset
-to move the pieces itself in case I want to play against it(like those magnetic once, I saw some adverticement, but much faster-those were looking pretty slow)
-to be able to save games that I play against friends(and to be able to connect it to a computer when I want to see the games on a computer ...[text shortened]... why none created one, not so difficult with today technology...
Maybe I should suggest them 😉