EB Excalibur Model EI5316RE LCD Chess Wizard Keychain (2010) Electronic Travel Chess Computer

EB EXCALIBUR EINSTEIN CHESS WIZARD KEYCHAIN MODEL EI5316RE

His name has become synonymous with genius. Albert Einstein was the greatest physicist of modern times. With only his finely tuned mind, without a team of assistants and without even the use of a computer, Einstein shook and reshaped science-from our understanding of the properties of light and energy to the makeup of our entire universe.

Now he lends his name to EXCALIBUR'S WIZARD series; a collection of games meant to stimulate, challenge and develop your mind-while you have fun!

The EXCALIBUR EINSTEIN CHESS WIZARD KEYCHAIN will push you to your mental limits! Get ready for the ultimate challenge in tactics, strategy and quick thinking! It’s great for a quick game of chess anywhere.

EB Excalibur Einstein Chess Wizard Keychain - Picture taken from box

MAIN EB EXCALIBUR EINSTEIN CHESS WIZARD KEYCHAIN GAME CHARACTERISTICS

Built-in dual chess clock.
Set-up newspaper problems.
Game score tracker.
56 levels of play make the Einstein Chess Wizard Keychain perfect for beginners and advanced players alike!
Play chess anywhere!
TRAIN key -- to select one of eight training positions.
SETUP key -- to setup of modify a position.
HINT key -- if you want to get hints from your chess partner.
UNDO key -- lets you take back a moves or moves you've decided against.
Select to play between human vs. human, human vs. computer or computer vs. computer.
Book Opening Trainer -- you can learn the same openings that world chess champions play! Learn one of 32 popular book openings.
Solves mate problems up to Mate-in-8

Excerpts taken from the EB Excalibur Einstein Chess Wizard Keychain user manual and box.

EB Excalibur Einstein Chess Wizard Keychain - LCD Screen above is approximately 2.3/4 times the original size.

MORE ABOUT EB EXCALIBUR CHESS WIZARD KEYCHAIN ELECTRONIC CHESS COMPUTER

By the time Excalibur Alexandra was conceived, the H8 ROM’s were being phased out of production, therefore computers such as Excalibur Ivan II or Excalibur Alexandra were developed around the SPLB32A processor from the manufacturer Sunplus. This created its own unique set of problems as Ron Nelson's H8 program had to be translated to work with this new processor which has a 6502 core. This processor had less available RAM therefore in order to make the program fit to these new lower specifications , adjustments were made to the program which included the removal of Nelson's Attack Bit Map Tables and the commenting out of the Ponder routine, which were both important strength of play features that existed in Nelson’s H8 program. All these adjustments resulted in a new lesser strength chess program for use with the SPLB32A with its own unique play behavior.

This program was also used later for many other Excalibur chess computers with various adaptations to different processing chips. EB Excalibur Einstein LCD Chess Wizard Keychain running on a Sitronix 65C02S cpu, was sold after Excalibur's bankruptcy and sale to EB Electronics on Wednesday July 1st, 2009.

Excalibur Einstein LCD Chess Wizard Keychain was produced for Excalibur by Wide Concepts Limited in Hong Kong.

Technical Specification

EB Excalibur LCD Chess Wizard Keychain (2010)

Box

Computer Label

User Manual

Spacious Mind

Schachcomputer.Info

Active 2017

Tourn. 2015

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T1

T2

T3

T4

T5

Final

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MANUFACTURER

PROGRAMMER

EB Excalibur

Ron Nelson

1800 USCF

2010

$69.95

Not Available

Year:

MFR ELO:

Original Price:

Wiki ELO:

Model #:

EI5316RE

My Serial #:

Not Available

Processor OEM

Sitronix

Processor:

ST2064B 65C02S

Speed:

Type:

8 Bit

2 MHz

ROM:

64 KB

RAM:

2375 Byte x 8 Bit

Battery Type:

3 x AAA

Power Adapter:

Not Available

Display:

LCD Dot Matrix

Board Type:

LCD Chess Board

Overall Size:

Board Size:

1x1.1/4 in

4x2.3/8x3/4 in

Options Select:

Button Select

Play Levels:

56

Opening Book:

3000 Half Moves

Take Back:

Game

Position Setup:

Available

Position Verify:

Available

Move Analysis:

Display Info:

Available

Solve Mate:

Mate in 8

Save Game:

Available

Ponder:

Not Available

Search Depth:

Not Known

Provide Hint:

Available

Teach Mode:

Available

Change Sides:

Available

Active Level:

TM Level:

40T120

Infinite Level:

FinF

F030

Hardware Specification

Game Features

Matchplay & Test ELO Ratings

Computer Game Rating

Rating Test

Other Computer Chess Ratings

USCF

Spacious Mind

Human Rating

USCF

CCR

CCNS

Ply

FIDE

USCF

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Class B Level Electronic Travel Chess Computer!